Writes Dana Leibbrand: “Attached is a sunrise photo that I took in September. I was so thrilled to see that it turned out almost as pretty as I saw it that morning.

“Duluth is just one of the many treasures that we Minnesotans can call our own.”

BULLETIN BOARD SAYS: Indeed, it is. Here’s another treasure, which all of you who are reading this online — wherever on Earth you are — need to know about: the E-Edition of the Pioneer Press, where you can see not only Dana Leibbrand‘s beautiful sunrise in Duluth, today, but all of the pictures we run, every day — not just in Bulletin Board, but throughout the newsprint edition of the paper.

And that’s not all! You can see every page of every day’s paper, including all of the articles and all of the advertisements, as they appear on newsprint.

Naturally we’re biased, and proud to be so, but the E-Edition of the Pioneer Press is the bargain of the year. Makes a great gift, too!

Self-incriminators

Politics Division

Granny Stad of West St. Paul: “Just a thought, after reading the PP during the past weeks/months of the recent election campaign, and the subsequent results:

“The use of minions or ilk in a letter to the editor or an opinion piece is absolutely guaranteed to make me dismiss it as being emotional, biased, not necessarily based on actual facts, and definitely not going to make me change my mind about anything.”

Please remember that Bulletin Board is a strictly nonpartisan endeavor — and that all partisan commentary is Dismissed Summarily, With Extreme Prejudice.

This ‘n’ that

The D in Scandia: “A favorite word to say: schizophrenogenic. Learned in Psych 101 many, many moons ago — meaning ‘contributing to the development of schizophrenia’ and now rarely used. It still flows easily off the lips.

“A really good feeling: slipping your cold arms back under the warm covers on a chilly fall night.”

Know thyself!

Norton’s mom of Eau Claire, Wis.: “I was talking with a much younger friend, and we were discussing how busy we’d been and how fast time seems to go by.

“I said: ‘You know, I noticed this morning that my “Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday…” pill container needed refilling, and it seemed like I’d just filled it a day or two ago. That’s how we old people know that time is flying!’

“I didn’t mention that I need two of those containers — one for the morning pills and one for the evening pills. I just wanted to make her laugh — I didn’t want her pity!”

Know thyself

Including: CAUTION! Words at Play!

Christy of Menomonie, Wis.: “We were remarking on all the new retirees from our generation, and hubby said: ‘We passed the torch.’

“Shortly later, he added: ‘Or torched the past.’ ”

Our pests, ourselves

Skunk Division

Semi-Retired of White Bear Lake: “My father was raised on a farm in eastern Nebraska in the early 1900s. To earn extra money for the family during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, he and his brothers would trap muskrats and other animals to sell the fur.

“One day, Dad and his brother found a skunk caught in a trap. The skunk was still alive, but they had been told that if you approached the skunk from the front, it couldn’t get around to spray you. Well, that theory hadn’t been explained to the skunk, which was able to turn and spray its full load on both boys. I understand that when they got home, my grandmother buried all of their clothes and ordered baths to wash off as much odor as possible. It was still a couple of days before they could return to school.

“There was one reward from this incident. Their uncle bought them a .22 rifle and some ammunition so that, in the future, they could dispatch skunks from a safe distance.

“In later years, my father concluded that trapping animals was cruel, but in the 1930s when families were desperate for money, that wasn’t a sentiment felt in many farm families.”

In memoriam

Al B of Hartland: “The leaves of the trees faced a single direction. The wind was a stern taskmaster. I looked up to see an escaped balloon floating overhead. Turkey vultures soared above it. The balloon, red; the vultures, black.

“I looked down. I was holding a dying junco in my hand. The small bird had hit a window. I wished I could do more. I hoped I was a comfort.”

The Permanent Sonly Record

Amy G: “It was a typical Sunday morning as I was attempting to get my two boys ready for Sunday School. Ten-year-old Sam was being very resistant and said to me: ‘Mom, I should get a week off once in a while!’

“Not really knowing how to respond to that, I just said: ‘Well, that’s a conversation for you and God.’

“A few minutes passed, and Sam came to find me. ‘I talked with God,’ he said, ‘and he told me I could skip a week. God said it’s football season, and he wanted to cut me a break! I think he played for Syracuse!’

“Gotta love that football-lovin’ kid!”

It takes all kinds (apparently)!

Happy Mother of Six: “Waiting in line to pay for my purchases at Barnes & Noble, I overheard two ladies talking about a friend.

“Lady One mentioned that she wanted to buy a cat book for their friend.

“Lady Two questioned whether she was a cat lover.

“Lady One answered: ‘Oh, yes! She has a tattoo of her black cat on her leg. She shaves her legs, except where the tattoo is.’

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